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8541. Patient Outcome Survey (mailed version) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/patient-safety/settings/hospital/red/toolkit/ptoutcome-mail.html
      March 01, 2025 - Overview Tool 2: How To Begin the Re-engineered Discharge Implementation at Your Hospital How CMS Measures

8542. Standardized assessment of medication reconciliation in post-acute care. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/standardized-assessment-medication-reconciliation-post-acute-care
      December 16, 2020 - elements may provide the means for post-acute care settings to assess and improve this important quality … harmful medication dispenses after a fall or hip fracture: a mixed methods study of a commonly used quality … measure. … February 25, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Long-Term Care Quality

8543. Tool: Glucose Control Audit (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/professionals/quality-patient-safety/hais/tools/surgery/tools/surgical-complication-prevention/glucose_control_audit.docx
      December 01, 2017 - If the data reveal variation in blood glucose management, the improvement team can design a quality improvement … Promote Safe Surgery, such as the Surgical Complication Prevention guide, to guide your team through the quality

8544. In Conversation with…Jack Barker, PhD | PSNet
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      January 01, 2006 - How do we measure it? And what, exactly, should we be telling providers to do? … interventions such as executive walk rounds.( 16 ) It remains to be seen if such surveys predict other measures … Another limitation is that surveys only measure attitudes—one small component of an organization's culture … They cannot measure behavioral norms, values, or competencies. … Accidental deaths, saved lives, and improved quality.

8545. Facilitator Guide: Build Your SSI Prevention Bundle (doc file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/hai/tools/mvp/ltvv-intro/ltvv-intro-facguide.docx
      January 01, 2017 - A preemptive strategy is required to close this quality gap. … It may be as simple as providing disposable tape measures in patient rooms and including height as part … When a patient is admitted, the nurses or the respiratory therapist can measure the height, and then … Another important measure to standardizing protocol is assigning a custodian of the process. … Slide 45 Closing Gaps in Quality SAY: Closing gaps in quality is crucial, and auditing your intervention

8546. Using Telemedicine to Promote Patient Centered Care Among Underserved Individuals (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017202-bove-final-report-2011.pdf
      January 01, 2011 - Officer: Teresa Zayas Cabán, PhD Submitted to: The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … Statements in the report should not be construed as endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … over the 6-month study period) Clinical measure Mean± SD P-value Systolic BP (mmHg) -15.9±19.3 .0001 … analysis (Percentages are proportion of subjects who responded favorably to questions on health care measure … Transforming Health Care Quality. National Academies Press.

8547. Exhibit 52. Modified Denver Health algorithm performance data | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit 52. Modified Denver Health algorithm performance data Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Su…

8548. Exhibit 11. Performance on SSI types using test set | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/ssi/ssiexh11.html
      April 01, 2018 - Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Exhibit 11. Performance on SSI types using test set Previous Page Next Page Table of Contents Improving the Measurement of Surgical Site Infection Risk Stratification/Outcome Detection Executive Summary Ch…

8549. Feasibility of patient-reported diagnostic errors following emergency department discharge: a pilot study. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/feasibility-patient-reported-diagnostic-errors-following-emergency-department-discharge-pilot
      August 19, 2020 - assessed the feasibility of the Leveraging Patient’s Experience to Improve Diagnosis (LEAPED) program to measure … Treatment patterns and clinical outcomes after the introduction of the Medicare Sepsis Performance Measure … View More See More About The Topic Researchers Emergency Departments Quality

8550. Insomnia Executive (pdf file)
      effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/related_files/insomnia_executive.pdf
      December 01, 2015 - Two instruments that measure global outcomes are the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the … Sleep outcomes measure specific sleep parameters and sleep quality. … Improvements in specific sleep measures can be assessed objectively or subjectively. … Functioning, mood, and quality-of-life outcomes that measure factors such as daytime fatigue or sleepiness … Older trials and drug trials were less likely to measure and report global outcomes.

8551. Research Summit: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care: Agenda | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
      www.ahrq.gov/news/events/ahrq-research-summit-diagnostic-safety-agenda.html
      August 01, 2017 - 8:30-9:30 am Introduction & State of AHRQ ( PDF File , 410 KB) Improving the Safety and Quality

8552. Psn-Pdf (pdf file)
      psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44572/psn-pdf
      January 22, 2016 - Can social media be used as a hospital quality improvement tool? … Can social media be used as a hospital quality improvement tool? … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-social-media-be-used-hospital-quality-improvement-tool Researchers … page to determine whether social media may be a helpful mechanism for identifying patient safety and quality … https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/can-social-media-be-used-hospital-quality-improvement-tool https://psnet.ahrq.gov

8553. Using Health Information Technology to Improve Transitions of Complex Elderly Patients from Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) to Home - 2010 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/using-health-information-technology-improve-transitions-complex-elderly/annual-summary/2010
      January 01, 2010 - University of Massachusetts Medical School Funding Mechanism RFA: HS08-002: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … The intervention will be evaluated by a three-arm randomized control trial to measure the efficacy of … Field and her team will measure a range of outcomes to determine if the intervention facilitates high … quality transitions, including the rate of followup office visits, the rate of appropriate monitoring … effective use of clinical alerts and coordinated delivery of actionable information to improve the quality

8554. How safe are outpatient electronic health records? An evaluation of medication-related decision support using the Ambulatory Electronic Health Record Evaluation Tool. | PSNet
      psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/how-safe-are-outpatient-electronic-health-records-evaluation-medication-related-decision
      March 17, 2021 - September 26, 2012 Health literacy and quality: focus on chronic illness care and patient … December 11, 2024 How intervention studies measure the effectiveness of medication safety-related … harmful medication dispenses after a fall or hip fracture: a mixed methods study of a commonly used quality … measure.

8555. Vawdrey, David Kent | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/principal-investigator/vawdrey-david-kent
      March 23, 2017 - Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2018. … Personal Health Record Portal Reliability and validity of the patient activation measure … Reliability and validity of the patient activation measure in hospitalized patients. … populations and settings, and their impact on patient engagement, diabetes self-management, and health care quality

8556. Improving Care Transitions for Complex Patients through Decision Support - 2011 | Digital Healthcare Research
      digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/improving-care-transitions-complex-patients-through-decision-support/annual-summary/2011
      January 01, 2011 - Organization Duke University Funding Mechanism RFA: HS08-002: Ambulatory Safety and Quality … Inadequate inter-provider communication and care coordination significantly lowers care quality and compromises … This project seeks to improve outcomes, quality, and coordination of care for patients with complex health … As a primary outcome measure, the research team used the overall rate of ED use. … Information-augmented care transitions between sites are expected to improve care coordination, quality

8557. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
      July 20, 2017 - They should not be construed as an official position of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality … and other beneficial outcomes (such as reduced fractures caused by certain medications and improved quality … raloxifene vs. aromatase inhibitors Comparisons with other types of medications Outcomes KQ 1: Measures … ophthalmologic disorders, gastrointestinal/hepatobiliary disorders, other adverse events affecting quality … Good- and fair-quality studies for meta-analyses Poor-quality studies Response

8558. Heart of Virginia Healthcare (pdf file)
      www.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/wysiwyg/evidencenow/results/research/recruitment-packet-va.pdf
      October 01, 2015 - opportunity for Virginia primary care physicians to participate in a learning collaborative to improve quality … of Virginia’s schools of medicine, the Virginia Center for Health Innovation, the Virginia Health Quality … • Improve quality of care; • Improve clinician, staff, and patient satisfaction; • Improve f inancial … or other organizations, if the applicant demonstrates that the offices do not receive significant quality … • Complete and report practice level meaningful use measures related to heart health at baseline and

8559. Cardio-HIT Phase II - Final Report (pdf file)
      digital.ahrq.gov/sites/default/files/docs/publication/r18hs017160-kmetik-final-report-2009.pdf
      January 01, 2009 - for patient management and quality improvement5,6 Performance measure definitions and specifications … Electronic medical records for patients in the exception, apparent quality failure and measure met samples … The rate for each quality measure was lower than the rate reported for similar measures used in the … measure reporting and had no financial incentives for quality reporting. … Physicians are more likely to accept the quality measure results as valid if they can account for exceptions

8560. 2012 04 (pdf file)
      hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2012_04.pdf
      January 01, 2012 - These measures are also endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF) for public reporting and quality … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … Reference National Quality Forum, Quality Positioning System, Measure Title Display Information accessed … READMISSION MEASURES Measure 1.